diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8686b0f..ce724a0 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -163,6 +163,27 @@
 			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
+static int __sysrq_enabled; /* Note: sysrq code ises it's own private copy */
+
+static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	error = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if (write)
+		sysrq_toggle_support(__sysrq_enabled);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static struct ctl_table root_table[];
 static struct ctl_table_root sysctl_table_root;
 static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header = {
@@ -567,7 +588,7 @@
 		.data		= &__sysrq_enabled,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof (int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= sysrq_sysctl_handler,
 	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL